Category: Social Movements

Farmers demonstrate at the Singhu Border protest camp outside New Delhi on 29 December 2020. Photo: Ranjini Basu
A visit to India’s Singhu Border protest camp
by Ranjini Basu | Dec 30, 2020 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Photo, Social Movements | 0
For more than a month, farmers have laid siege to India’s national capital New Delhi, demanding...
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Representatives of farmer unions leave Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi after a meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 5 December 2020. Photo: Kamal Singh/PTI
Long march to peasant unity
by Ranjini Basu | Dec 30, 2020 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Opinion/Analysis, Social Movements | 0
The unprecedented unity among peasant organisations is not a sudden development. It has been built...
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Student protestors occupy Sanam Luang, beside Bangkok's Grand Palace, on 19 September 2020. Photo: Jacob Goldberg
The political education of Thailand’s dissident youth
by Kheetanat Wannaboworn | Dec 30, 2020 | Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Social Movements, Thailand | 0
Thailand’s anti-government, anti-monarchy protests may have been triggered by recent abuses, but...
Read MoreRemembering T Peter: Street fighter, trade unionist, leader of India’s fishworkers
by Benny Kuruvilla | Oct 9, 2020 | Deglobalisation, India, Social Movements, Statement | 0
T Peter, General Secretary of the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), passed away on 8 October 2020...
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Indigenous and spiritual leaders of Timuay Justice and Governance offer a ritual in Maguindanao on the occasion of their Indigenous Political Structure's founding anniversary on October 3, 2017. Photo: Galileo de Guzman Castillo
The subversion of the Philippines’ Indigenous People’s Rights Act
by Walden Bello | Oct 7, 2020 | 1Post Types, COVID-19 Updates, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Social Movements | 0
The following paper was presented under the title The Philippines’ Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act...
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Thousands protested against Martial Law in Pepe Diokno Freedom Park, Quezon City, on September 21, 2020. Photo: PhilRights
Collective struggle, collective strength
by Focus on the Global South Team | Oct 7, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Feature, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo, Joseph Purugganan, and Bianca Martinez As we commemorate today the...
Read MoreIndian Labour Law Must Recognise Platform Workers’ Rights
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Sep 22, 2020 | Corporate Accountability, India, Social Movements, Statement | 0
Statement issued by an Alliance of Labour Unions and Civil Society Organisations September 22,...
Read MoreSPI Peasants in Tebo Fight Against Land Grabbing, Implementing Genuine Agrarian Reform
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Jun 24, 2020 | News, Social Movements, The Commons | 0
JAKARTA—Agrarian reform is a priority program of the administration of President Jokowi and...
Read MoreTill, sow and harvest transformative ideas for the future! Now is the moment to demand food sovereignty – #17April
by Joseph Purugganan | Apr 16, 2020 | Asia/World, Social Movements, Statement | 0
LVC Press Release | 15 April 2020 (Harare) On 17 April 2020 – the International Day of...
Read MoreToward land justice : Thai farmers’ struggles to defend their land and life
by admin2 | Nov 25, 2018 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Thailand, The Commons | 0
A public event was held on 17 to 18 November 2018 at Thammasat University, Bangkok to discuss and...
Read MoreSpecial Edition on the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles
by cvmilitante | Apr 17, 2017 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Social Movements | 0
To mark the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles, Focus on the Global South releases this...
Read MoreFocus on the Global South at the 2016 World Social Forum
by yasmin | Aug 22, 2016 | Social Movements | 0
From 9-14 August 2016, Joseph Purugganan, our Philippines Head of Office, and Shalmali Guttal, our...
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A visit to India’s Singhu Border protest campDec 30, 2020
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Long march to peasant unityDec 30, 2020
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